Pembroke Pines may plead for presidential aid

The city is considering sending a letter to the president of the United States asking him to personally stop federal plans to put an immigrant detention center on land bordering the city.

This is the commission's latest trick in its (perhaps quixotic) quest to prevent Southwest Ranches and the Department of Justice from building the center, which would be on an island of land technically inside Southwest Ranches but surrounded by Pembroke Pines and Broward County.

The commission will decide whether to send a formal resolution to President Barack Obama on Wednesday.